Cuff-button.



L. E. LADD.

CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. mms.

1,297,366. I Patented Mar. 18,1919.

8 WWW Zak/ls Zlmid 7 Louis E. LADD, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed March 6, 1918. Serial No. 220,700.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, LoUIs E. LADD, a. citizenof the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cuff-Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to link cuff buttons of the class provided withtwo spaced apart heads connected by a link bar, and the object of thisinvention is to provide simple and effective means whereby the head ofthe button may be turned at a right angle to, that of the axis of thelink and also turned to a plane substantially parallel to that of thelink and locked in either of these positions for the purpose offacilitating the passing of the head through the button-hole in thecuff.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the two spaced apart buttonsadjustably connected by a. link bar.

Fig. 2 illustrates one of the button heads as turned down in a planesubstantially parallel to the axis of the link bar.

Fig. 3- is a view showing an edge of the button also the end of thetubular eye, illustrating the notches into which the forked ends of thelink bar are arranged to snap and so retain the button in adjustedposition.

Fig. 4 is a view of the back of the button, showing the tubular eye andgeneral arrangement of the retaining notches formed in the same.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the button head, to the back ofwhich is secured a tubular eye member 11 which is somewhat elongated andis provided on its opposite ends with two pairs of notches l2 and 13,one pair of notches being in position to engage the arms of the link barwhen the plane of the head stands at a right angle to the axis throughthis bar, and the other pair 13 being in position to engage the arms ofthis link bar when the plane of the button is parallel with the axis ofthe link bar. This tubular eye is also provided with central recesses14: and 20 corresponding in general position to and located between eachpair of recesses 12 and 13 and for the purpose presently described.

l/Vhen this link bar is formed of rolled or 1 plated stock it ispreferably constructed of two separate wires 15 and 16 soldered togetherat their middle portion 17, the ends of the opposite wires being bentoutwardly into fork shape and their extremities then turned inwardly asat 18 to enter opposite ends of the tubular eye 11. By this constructionit will be seen that the button may be turned from a plane at a rightangle to a plane parallel with that of the link so as to facilitate thepassing of this button head through the button-hole in the cuff.

In practice it is found essential to lock or releasably retain thebutton head in either of these two positions, to accomplish which, in asimple and effective way, I have formed the ends of this link bar toexert the necessary spring pressure to engage the notches formed in theedge of the eye 11 whereby, when the butt-on head is turned from oneposition to the other these forked ends snap out of one set of recessesinto the other set of recesses so as to retain the button in the desiredplane.

By this construction of forming the link bar of rolled pl-ate stock itwill be seen that none of the base metal is exposed, as the severed endsof the stock are turned into the tubular eye and thus the base metal ofthe wire, which would otherwise be exposed, is covered.

In some instances it is found that the continued working of the head onits trunnions causes wear and consequent looseness of the head thereon,to obviate which I have pro-- vided a spring lock finger 19, which maybe secured to the link bar in any suitable way, the end of which fingeris adapted to spring either into the hole 14 or into the hole 20 as thecase may be, to firmly retain the button head in either of its adjustedpositions.

I do not wish to be restricted to pivotally mounting both of the headsof the button as but one may be yieldably mounted on the link bar ifdesired, neither do I wish to be restricted to the use of the lockingfinger, as the button may be operated without the same if desired.

The foregoing description is directed solely toward the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible; the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the, appended claim.

I claim:

A cuff button comprising tWo spaced apart heads connected by a link bar,a tubular eye member attached to the back of one of said button headssaid link bar being forked at its ends and turned to enter opposite endsof said eye With a spring pressure to serve as trunnions on which thebutton may rotate the edges of said .eye' tube being notched to engagethe arms of the link and retain said head either at right angles to orparallel With said link bar, and a locking tongue engaging said eye tofirmly but releasably look its head against movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of one Witness.

LOUIS E. LADD. Witness:

' HOWARD E. BARLOW.

Copies of thisipatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

